ambicioso

Asturian

Adjective

ambicioso

1. neuter of ambiciosu

Galician

Etymology

From Latin ambitiōsus.

Adjective

ambicioso (feminine ambiciosa, masculine plural ambiciosos, feminine plural ambiciosas)

1. ambitious (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)

Derived terms

• ambiciosamente

Related terms

• ambición

Further reading

• “ambicioso”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambitiōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bi.siˈo.zu/ [ɐ̃.bi.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.biˈsjo.zu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bi.siˈo.zu/ [ɐ̃.bi.sɪˈo.zu], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.biˈsjo.zu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.bi.siˈo.zo/ [ɐ̃.bi.sɪˈo.zo], (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃.biˈsjo.zo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.biˈsjo.zu/

• Hyphenation: am‧bi‧ci‧o‧so

Adjective

ambicioso (feminine ambiciosa, masculine plural ambiciosos, feminine plural ambiciosas, metaphonic)

1. ambitious (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)
2. lofty (idealistic)

Derived terms

• ambiciosamente

Related terms

• ambição

Further reading

• “ambicioso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ambitiōsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ambiˈθjoso/ [ãm.biˈθjo.so]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ambiˈsjoso/ [ãm.biˈsjo.so]

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• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: am‧bi‧cio‧so

Adjective

ambicioso (feminine ambiciosa, masculine plural ambiciosos, feminine plural ambiciosas)

1. ambitious (possessing, or controlled by, ambition)

Derived terms

• ambiciosamente

Related terms

• ambición

Descendants

• → Cebuano: ambisyoso
• → Tagalog: ambisyoso

Further reading

• “ambicioso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10